Hi --
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Dave Howell wrote:
> Well, I'm sure somebody's going to write the "Learn Ruby in 14 days" book or
> the "Ruby for Dummies" book or something else, and the Pickaxe book can just
> be The Reference Book.
You could always chop 33% out of the 21 days book :-)
The Pickaxe is the Pickaxe. Everyone gets something from it, and
probably different things, including (at least in my case) a ton of
tutorial benefit. No need to pigeonhole it. If it walks like a
tutorial and talks like a tutorial.... :-)
David
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